THIS SUNDAY Bone Health FREE WORKSHOP; Which Calcium To Take? What About Joints?! and more… – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Oct 17, 2024 – #42, Vol 14

THIS SUNDAY

OCTOBER 20TH @2PM (PDT)

• What is the relationship between FAT and the health of our bones?
• What kind of fat should we be consuming?
• What kind of fat should we be avoiding?
• How to ingest fat-soluble vitamins?
• What kind of Calcium harms you and you should NEVER take?
• What is acidity in the blood and how does it relate to bone degeneration?
• What role does hydration play in bone health and detox?
• Is water enough?!
• What are “intelligent, dumb, and dead” foods?
• What role does Magnesium play for bone health? What kind of magnesium? Why?
• What ayurvedic herbs are a MUST for bone health?

Healthy Joints

What It Takes: At A Glance….

Life can cause tremendous wear and tear on our joints, specially as we age. Several stress factors (heavy lifting, obesity, improper use of the joints, etc.) can cause not only joint pain but also loss of their proper functioning. Joint pain and impaired mobility can also occur due to toxins in the joints (with or without inflammation) or low bone density from insufficient nutrition or improper metabolism of calcium needed to build and maintain healthy bone tissue.

According to estimates by medical science, 80% of people over the age of 50 experience joint pain. With such a high percentage, we are sure to see clients with painful joints, if not diagnosed joint diseases. SVA practitioners should understand all the etiological factors of joint pain and disorders and know how to repair any damage caused by them. By following tri-sutra Ayurved, we stand more than a fair chance of being successful. However, when these issues progress to vyakti or bhed stages, management becomes highly challenging.  So, we will focus our discussion on the earlier stages of imbalances that if left unchecked may lead to named diseases and complications involving the joints.

Because our joints are composed primarily of bone tissue, whatever we do to balance, detoxify, and rejuvenate the bones will also support the joints. But we must take care of other dhatus as well. In particular, the health of the fat tissue must be addressed since the raw material for bone comes from medha dhatu (fat). (See ‘Weight Management and Metabolism’). In fact, we must take care of the entire chain of dhatu transformation, which involves among other considerations the liver and rakta dhatu (blood tissue).

To directly detox and rejuvenate the bones, SVA practitioners sometimes use a special plant called asthi shrinkhala, or bone herb in common language. Asthi means ‘bone’. Shrinkhala means ‘series’. True to name and form, this plant looks like a series of small bones linked together with small ‘joints’ between them. Its main prabhava (specific ultimate effect) is asthiyuk - unifying the bone tissue. Ayurveda has traditionally used this plant for increasing bone mass in osteopenia and osteoporosis and for accelerating the healing and regeneration of bone fractures. It has also been used to mitigate joint pain from over exertion.

SVA Bone Herb comes in three delivery mediums:

1)Bone Herb Powder;

2) Bone Herb Herbal-Memory Nectar in regular and extra strength (HP); and

3) Bone-Herb Transdermal Cream.

The herbal-nectar drop and transdermal cream are generally suitable for everyone. Bone Herb Powder though is pittala. This means it is hot and can increase pitta, and thus may not be appropriate for the high-pitta person.  However even here we can use this herb with proper samyog (combination) and samskar (processing).

We also have Shring Bhasma Herbal-Memory Nectar, Boswellia Herbal-Memory Nectar, and Boswellia Powder to support the bones and joints. Shringa Bhasma HMN contains the aforesaid asthishrinkhala. But the main ingredient and main action comes from shring bhasma (deer antler calcined ash), which can help regenerate bone tissue and offset wear and tear on the joints and cartilage. Boswellia serrata (shallaki in Sanskrit) is revered in Ayurveda and by modern medicine for its powerful analgesic and anti-inflammatory action. But the powdered form must be used with caution as high dosages can irritate the GI tract.

We also support asthi by supplying intelligent calcium to the bones and making sure calcium is properly metabolized. Good calcium comes from intelligent food and salt (Soma Salt) and from Soma Cal and Praval Panchamrit. To enhance asthi agni and the metabolism of calcium, we have the different forms of kulthi lentils we learned about. To learn more about calcium supplementation and absorption, watch Dr. Teitelbaum speak on How to Properly Supplement and Absorb Calcium – click on the video below.

Another point of concern is the deadly nightshades. In ‘Nightshades and Why We Should Avoid Them,’ we learned that potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, and eggplants contain solanine, a chemical leading to and aggravating joint pain and inflammation. It’s imperative to educate any client with a joint problem on the dangers of these nightshades. A diet free from nightshades is a boon, specially as we age. And you can replace potatoes with Taro (available in Asian Grocery Stores); replace tomatoes with Sweet Thai Tamarind sauce; eggplants with karela to satisfy that bitter craving; and if you must absolutely MUST have bell peppers: you can cook with them, throw a piece etc in your soup or meal, BUT don’t actually eat them. The peppery aroma will infuse your meal but the skin and pulp are very hard and heavy to digest and clogging. You will still get some of the flavor without the side-effects!

Joint and Bone Health are big important topics. For one-on-one guidance we recommend you call one of our SVA physicians or educators:

1) Dr Marianne Teitelbaum: (856)786.3330

2) Dr Lisa Raskin: somaradiantwellness.com/

3) Elisabeth Innes: www.ayurvedaheals.blogspot.com

Can’t do physical herbs due to an aggravated liver (yakrit)?

Try Vaidya Mishra’s “Herbal-Memory Nectar Drops” – ayurvedic “homeopathic” drops that carry no physical molecules, just the “cellular intelligence” of the plant and herbal synergy. Unique ayurvedic formulas PLUS: zero alcohol unlike most homeopathic formulations.

Add 1-3 drops in 16oz of water and sip slowly throughout the day. You can combine up to 8 different drops in one bottle of water.

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Yakrit

Your Body’s Dynamic Powerhouse 

Yakrit, the Sanskrit term for the ‘liver,’ literally means ‘where every process happens.’ The liver – the largest organ in our bodies – carries out hundreds of actions, primarily detoxifying and creating new blood; filtering out toxins/chemicals; building immunity. But did you know that it also has an amazing capacity to regenerate itself? Without the liver we wouldn’t be able to transform food into energy, by breaking down fats and proteins. Here are some of the liver’s most vital functions:

• Produces fresh blood AND cleans toxins out of the blood: the many cells of the liver, known as hepatocytes, accept and filter this blood. They act as little sorting centers, determining which nutrients should be processed, what should be stored, what should be eliminated via the stool, what should go back to the blood; it also gets rid of old red blood cells; the liver thus regulates/maintains healthy amount of blood in the body;
• Produces bile, a fluid that helps the body digest (break down) fat: the liver stores fat-soluble vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them when the body needs them. It also helps to break down fats in a person’s diet: it either metabolizes fats or releases them as energy. The liver produces an estimated 800 to 1000 ml of bile each day. This bile flows into the small intestine where the fat gets broken down and absorbed – extra bile is stored in the gallbladder.

As if these functions weren’t enough, the liver also plays a major role in the following:

• Metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates so they turn into energy and your body can use them; 
• Creates immune system factors that help fight against infection;
• Create proteins responsible for blood clotting – otherwise we would bleed to death! 
• Breaks down old and damaged red blood cell; 
• Balances energy metabolism by converting glycogen to glucose and storing extra glucose by converting it to glycogen. Glycogen is a form of glucose that your body stores mainly in your liver and muscles. Your body needs carbohydrates from the food you eat to form glucose and glycogen.
• Makes toxins less harmful to the body and removes them/detoxifies the bloodstream

So you can see how and when, for any reason, the “intelligence” of the liver gets compromised, different kinds of dis-ease may emerge. A compromised liver can mean compromised health on many levels… 

In Shaka Vanshiya Ayurveda, we pay special attention to making sure the liver does not get “cranky” – as Vaidya Mishra would jokingly explain. Having taken the pulse of thousands of people who had “cranky hot livers,” he put together a gentle yet effective protocol to help cool things off and optimize its functions. 

Learn How to Care for the Liver – from the SV Ayurveda Perspective

In this online course you will find 12 ½ hours of in-depth SV Ayurveda knowledge on how to care for the liver. Taught live at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam (Saylorsburg, PA), Vaidya Mishra takes us on a journey inside the yakrit (liver) – the body’s dynamic powerhouse. Teaching from the ancient sutras & the perspective of medical science, he elaborates the functions of the liver and all the etiological factors impacting it. These factors include diet and digestion; AS WELL AS emotions; PLUS environmental toxins; EMFs; and synthetic ingredients in most personal-care products. Vaidya Mishra also teaches us how to keep the liver healthy and manage its disorders through food, herbs, marma therapy, detoxification, rejuvenation procedures, and vibrational medicine, including the use of mantras (primordial sounds with specific known effects).

Some of the Points of SVA Liver Management Covered in this Course

• Ayurvedic physiology of the liver
• Definition of ‘Yakrit’ 
• Sub-doshas of Yakrit
• Dhatus and Yakrit
• Physical channels (shrotas) & their connection with Yakrit
• Vibrational channels (nadis) & their connection Yakrit
• Gaps (sandhis) & the liver
• Tri-sutra Ayurveda and the liver
• Etiological factors (hetu-s) responsible for creating liver imbalances
• Mind-Prana-Ranjaka connection
• Spine (Sushumna nadi) and liver connection
• Role of liver Detox
• Foods and spices to avoid
• Pro-biotics effects on liver with scientific references
• Scientific research on herbs, liver supporting foods, and liver detoxifying foods
• How coral calcium & loha (iron) support the liver from perspective of modern science
• How sunlight affects the liver
• Apana – colon and liver connection
• Marma-s connected with the liver
• Herbs for the liver - Guduchi, Maha Sudarshan, Bhumi Amla, Bhringraj, Kutki, Neem, DGL, and more!
• Liver supporting spices: Turmeric, Fennel, Coriander
• Liver supporting vegetables: Loki, Mooli, Moringa
• Liver supporting fruits – ppineapple, pear, papaya, pomegranate, blue berries, black berries
• Lentils good for the liver– Mung dhal
• Grains supporting the liver – quinoa, millet, amaranth, etc.

AND MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGE!

This course has a total run time of approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes. It also includes a printable PDF Booklet.

CAUTION

If feeling unwell or experiencing any disease, always consult with your primary medical physician before using or adding any complementary approach or herbs.

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